Klawervlei Stud’s inform stallion WILLIAM LONGSWORD (Captain Al) had yet another good day on Saturday when he came up with a trio of winners.

Saturday’s results represented a fine strike rate for G1 Cape Guineas winning son of Captain Al, with William Longsword having just five runners on the day -one of those five, RULERSHIP, ran second to his paternal half-brother Dyce on Saturday.

William Longsword’s top-class son DYCE, winner of last season’s G1 World Pool Cape Flying Championship, made a welcome return to the winners circle when he won at Turffontein on Saturday. Under 62kgs, the Piere Strydom ridden gelding showed his class when bounding home to land Saturday’s F&I Insurance Pinnacle Stakes (1000m) by three-parts of a length.

Trained by Lucky Houdalakis, and owned by his breeder David Shawe, six-year-old Dyce has now won eight of 18 starts, with Dyce also victorious in last season’s G3 New Turf Carriers Merchants and Listed Golden Loom Handicap as well as the 2021 G2 Epol Umkhomazi Stakes.

The gelding looks again destined to contest some of South Africa’s bigger sprint races this season, where Dyce looks sure to make his presence felt.

His sire William Longsword was responsible for two more winners at Hollywoodbets Durbanville on Saturday, where the Klawervlei sire’s daughters PRINCESS OF BAYEUX and FESTIVAL CHIC won races five and eight respectively.

Trained, like both William Longsword and Captain Al, Princess Of Bayeux was given a fine ride, by Oswald Noach, to win Saturday’s RaceCape Powered by Hollywoodbets Class 4 (F and M) in game fashion. 

Noach bought the John Kinsley bred and owned filly with a storming late which saw Princess Of Bayeux get up to win by a long head. The inform Princess Of Bayeux has now won two of her last three starts for her connections.

Her paternal half-sister FESTIVAL CHIC provided William Longsword with a third success on Saturday when she won the Join The Euphoria www.capeturfclub.co.za Cape C Stakes (F and M) over 1400 metres.

The Brett Crawford trained filly, under a good ride from Louis Mxothwa, made it two wins in a row and two wins from just four starts when she scored a convincing, near half a length win. Bred by Klawervlei Stud, the progressive Festival Chic races for Jason Murugasa.

Also sire of this season’s Listed Betway Spring Spree Stakes winner BACK IN BUSINESS, William Longsword had another smart winner when his daughter LADYBUG made it two wins from just four starts when victorious at Hollywoodbets Greyville last Wednesday.